[PATCH v1 27/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Enable KVM_ARM64 config and Kbuild

From: Steffen Eiden

Date: Thu Apr 02 2026 - 00:35:16 EST


Add all Kbuild/Makefile configurations to build a second KVM module on
s390 implementing the arm64-KVM API. To prevent symbol conflicts with
kvm-s390 all internal symbols in kvm-arm64 are mangled if compiled as
built-in. The new module ins named kvm-arm64.

As in this case the build does not go through the normal build process
the module parameter handling would be messed up. By forcing
KBUILD_MODNAME to kvm-arm64 all parameters are at the same location and
not at object/basename of the object file the parameter is introduced.

Co-developed-by: Andreas Grapentin <gra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Grapentin <gra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Nina Schoetterl-Glausch <nsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nina Schoetterl-Glausch <nsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Gautam Gala <ggala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gautam Gala <ggala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/s390/configs/defconfig | 1 +
arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/s390/kvm/Makefile | 1 +
arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Kconfig | 23 ++++++++
arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Makefile | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/s390/tools/Makefile | 2 +
6 files changed, 135 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Kconfig
create mode 100644 arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Makefile

diff --git a/arch/s390/configs/defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/defconfig
index bbbb4d0df9dd..e10e9e1ad94d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/configs/defconfig
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ CONFIG_CMM=m
CONFIG_APPLDATA_BASE=y
CONFIG_S390_HYPFS_FS=y
CONFIG_KVM_S390=m
+CONFIG_KVM_ARM64=m
CONFIG_S390_UNWIND_SELFTEST=m
CONFIG_S390_KPROBES_SANITY_TEST=m
CONFIG_S390_MODULES_SANITY_TEST=m
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
index f8d4a9a38dae..bbae58aa8bc4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ config KVM
tristate

source "arch/s390/kvm/s390/Kconfig"
+source "arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Kconfig"

endif # VIRTUALIZATION
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile b/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
index c43d7dffca13..38bdd7c9b42d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/Makefile
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
# Copyright IBM Corp. 2008

obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_S390) += s390/
+obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM64) += arm64/
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6794bb0436e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+source "virt/kvm/Kconfig"
+
+config KVM_ARM64
+ def_tristate y
+ prompt "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support for arm64 guests"
+ select KVM
+ select KVM_VFIO
+ select IRQ_BYPASS_MANAGER
+ select SCHED_INFO
+ select XARRAY_MULTI
+ select KVM_COMMON
+ select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
+ select HAVE_KVM_MSI
+ select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
+ select HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING
+ select HAVE_KVM_VCPU_RUN_PID_CHANGE
+ select GUEST_PERF_EVENTS if PERF_EVENTS
+ help
+ Support hosting virtualized arm64 guest machines on s390 host machines.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Makefile b/arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9fa3f209c320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/arm64/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+KVM := ../../../../virt/kvm
+include $(srctree)/virt/kvm/Makefile.kvm
+include $(srctree)/virt/kvm/arm64/Makefile.kvm
+include $(srctree)/arch/s390/kvm/gmap/Makefile
+
+ccflags-y += -I $(src) -I$(srctree)/arch/s390/kvm/gmap -DKVM_S390_ARM64
+
+kvm-arm64-obj := \
+ arm.o \
+ guest.o \
+ handle_exit.o \
+ inject_fault.o \
+ reset.o \
+ mmu.o \
+
+kvm-arm64-obj += $(patsubst %.o,%-arm64.o,$(shared-arm64-obj))
+kvm-arm64-obj += $(patsubst %.o,%-arm64.o,$(kvm-y))
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM64) += kvm-arm64.o
+
+
+$(obj)/%-arm64.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
+ @mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+ $(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_KVM_ARM64),m)
+
+kvm-arm64-y = $(kvm-arm64-obj)
+
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_KVM_ARM64),y)
+
+KVM_ARM64_GEN_DIR :=$(objtree)/arch/${SRCARCH}/include/generated/asm
+KVM_ARM64_MODNAME_H := $(KVM_ARM64_GEN_DIR)/kvm_arm64_modname.h
+ccflags-y += -include $(KVM_ARM64_MODNAME_H)
+
+targets += $(notdir $(KVM_ARM64_MODNAME_H))
+
+quiet_cmd_kvm_arm64_modname_h = GEN $@
+ cmd_kvm_arm64_modname_h = { \
+ echo '/* Automatically generated; do not edit. */'; \
+ echo '\#ifndef _KVM_ARM64_MODNAME_H'; \
+ echo '\#define _KVM_ARM64_MODNAME_H'; \
+ echo '\#undef KBUILD_MODNAME'; \
+ echo '\#define KBUILD_MODNAME "kvm_arm64"'; \
+ echo '\#endif /* _KVM_ARM64_MODNAME_H */'; \
+ } > $@
+
+$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(kvm-arm64-obj)): $(KVM_ARM64_MODNAME_H)
+
+$(KVM_ARM64_MODNAME_H): FORCE
+ @mkdir -p $(KVM_ARM64_GEN_DIR)
+ $(call cmd,kvm_arm64_modname_h)
+
+prereq-o-cmd = $(foreach o, $(filter %.o, $^), $(dir $(o)).$(notdir $(o)).cmd)
+cmd_gen_symversions_o = \
+ grep --no-filename "^\#SYMVER" $(prereq-o-cmd) >> $(dot-target).cmd || true
+
+define rule_ld_o_o
+ $(call cmd_and_savecmd,ld)
+ $(call cmd,gen_symversions_o)
+endef
+
+LDFLAGS_kvm-unnamespaced.o := -r
+$(obj)/kvm-unnamespaced.o: $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(kvm-arm64-obj)) FORCE
+ $(call if_changed_rule,ld_o_o)
+
+# Make list of symbols to localize.
+# Collect normal/exported symbols. Use dict as set for deduplication.
+quiet_cmd_nm_filter = NMFLTR $@
+ cmd_nm_filter = \
+$(NM) -jU $< | awk ' \
+{ if (match($$0, /^__export_symbol_(.*)$$/, exp_sym)) { \
+ exp_syms[exp_sym[1]] = 1; \
+ } else { \
+ normal_syms[$$0] = 1; \
+ } \
+} \
+END { \
+ for (sym in normal_syms) { \
+ if (!(sym in exp_syms)) { \
+ print sym; \
+ } \
+ } \
+}' > $@
+
+$(obj)/kvm_symbol_list: $(obj)/kvm-unnamespaced.o FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,nm_filter)
+
+define rule_oc_o_o
+ $(call cmd_and_savecmd,objcopy)
+ $(call cmd,gen_objtooldep)
+ $(call cmd,gen_symversions_o)
+endef
+
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_kvm-namespaced.o := -O default --localize-symbols=$(obj)/kvm_symbol_list
+$(obj)/kvm-namespaced.o: $(obj)/kvm-unnamespaced.o $(obj)/kvm_symbol_list FORCE
+ $(call if_changed_rule,oc_o_o)
+
+kvm-arm64-y = kvm-namespaced.o
+
+endif
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM64) += kvm-arm64.o
+
+LINUXINCLUDE := -I$(srctree)/include/arch/arm64/ $(LINUXINCLUDE)
diff --git a/arch/s390/tools/Makefile b/arch/s390/tools/Makefile
index f2862364fb42..921261dcde28 100644
--- a/arch/s390/tools/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/tools/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
kapi := arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated/asm
kapi-hdrs-y := $(kapi)/facility-defs.h $(kapi)/dis-defs.h

+include $(srctree)/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile.sysreg
+
PHONY += kapi

kapi: $(kapi-hdrs-y)
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